#BB8780#BB8780

#BB8780 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.065 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8780
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 128)
HSL	hsl(7, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(7, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 31.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 18.95, 11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 22.24, 31.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0579 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.065 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0546, 29.4532, 24.3619)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8780 #80B4BB

analogous

#BB8097 #BB8780 #BBA580

triadic

#BB8780 #80BB87 #8780BB

tetradic

#BB8780 #97BB80 #80B4BB #A580BB

square

#BB8780 #97BB80 #80B4BB #A580BB

split-complementary

#BB8780 #80BBA5 #8097BB

monochromatic

#7D4A43 #A56259 #BB8780 #D0ADA8 #E6D2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8780 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BB8780 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8780

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8780	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8780	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E987F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8780;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.065 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aaa4',
    500: '#bb8780',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8780;
$custom-light: #d1aaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8780",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.119,
    "s": 30.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67252,
    "c": 0.06524,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8780

secondary

#C0D4D6

accent

#9CA93D

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8780

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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